FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
ALL SORTS OF PARA
GRAPHS. Stolon ffoodd that are never missed
Kisses.
' Irllo hands Those on a clock that
lias stopped.
In these days "pull" Is the predoml
natlnff element of opportunity.
True, a rolling stone gathers no
.m,S9, but of what comnvrcial value Is
moss ?
South American revolutions are
quite as harmless as those of the merry-go-round.
Some people liberally cast thoir
bread upon the waters ; others cast
nothing but the crusts.
The sins of the rich are responsible
for poverty, and poverty is responsi
ble for the Kins of the poor.
No, Archie, my boy, a snake does
not crawl into a wood shed when It
wants to shed its skin.
Chicken hearted Individuals become
the natural prey of the foxey members
of (he human race.
Anxious Inquirer wants to know If
chilled steel is used in the construct
ion of cold storage plants.
"We admire a touch of nature be
cause nature never touches us for
money," says the Sprlngestbury Sage.
No, Bessie dear, the people who
meet death by falling from balloons are
not, literally speaking, the victims of
knock out drops.
"You are of an affectionate nature"
said Sherlock Holmes, as he removed
a long strand of blonde hair from a
friend's coat.
If new linen be rubbed over with fine
white soap it may be embroidered
more easily. This prevents the threads
from cracking.
The imprisoned Chicago pick-pocket
who committed suicide by swallowing
soap, was, no doubt, determined to
niako a clean job of It.
"The Panama" is the name of anew
cock-tail. The citizen who frets be
cause he has not the price to buy a
Panama hat may And the new cock-tail
a new consoling night cap.
In ancient times it was probably
wine enough to heed the advice,"When
in Pvome do as the Komans do," but
it was not necessary to do all that the
Romans were guilty of doing.
"Pa," queried the young buss, "why
do we have to wear scales all the
time?"
"No doubt, my child," replied the
elder fish, "they are iniended to en
uble us tq get a weigh quickly."
We are told that Rome was not bnilt
in a day, which, if true, proves that
there was not a grand rush for claims
when the site was opened to the public
or that the modern methods of boom
ing now towns were unknown.
At a field moet, held ut Klmlra the
other day, Miss Berthu Burgett threw
n buso ball 181 feet. The audience, no
doubt, withdrew to a safe distance
while Miss Burgett performed the feat,
us no spectator was hit by the ball.
"I'm a doad one," sighed the au
tumn leaf. We are aware that this
one is not in season, but we spring it
on the summer reader to distract his
attention from the vaulting mercury
and to take him back, or rather for
ward, to grand old October with its
hazy days and cool nights.
FINDING ONE'S MISSION.
One of tho most inspiring of truths,
Is, that God has a distinct plan for
each one of us, in sending us Into the
world. Ho designs each person for
Bomo particular purpose. He does
not create us merely to fill a niche in
to which we may chance to fall, or to
whatever bit of work may drift to our
hand In life's vicissitudes. There is a
particular place in God's great plan
which he designs us peculiarly to fill.
There is a certain work iu this world
which it is the object of our creation
thut we should do.
Dr. Bushnell says : "There Is a def
inite and proper end and Issue for ev
ery man's existence ; an end which to
tho heart of God is the good Intendod
for him, or for which he was Intended;
that which he is privileged to become,
called to become, ought to become;that
which God will assist him to become,
and which he cannot miss save by his
own fault. Every human soul has a
complete and perfect plan cherished
for it in the heart of God a divine bi
ography, marked out, which It enters
into life to live."
Surely this is a great thought, and
one that gives to life, to each and ev
ery life, the smallest, the obscurest,
a grand dignity. George McDonald
says : "I would rather be what God
chose to make me than the most glo
rious creature that I could think of.
For to have boen thought about, born
in God's thought, and then made by
Gqd, Is the dearest, grandest, and
most precious thing In all thinking."
, The question of small or great has
no place here. To have been thought
about at all, and then made by God to
till uny place, is glory enough for the
grandest and most aspiring life. It
unquestionably is true, as was long
ugo said, that If God were to send two
angels to earth, one to fill a throne
und the other to clean a street, they
would both regard their employments
us equally honorable and important.
The greatest thing any one can do In
Jhis world is what God made him to
do, whether it bo to rule a kingdom,
to write a nation's songs, or to keep a
little room cloan and tidy. The 1 true
problem of life Is not then to 'Vet on"
r to "get up" as men phrase It; not
to be great or do great things, but to
uo just wnat God meant us to be. If
we fail In this, though we win a pin
far more conspicuous, our life Is a
failure.
An intensely practical question,
therefore Is, How may we find our
plane, the place for which God made
us ? How can we learn what he wants
us to do In his great world, with Its
finlnltv of spheres and occupations f
How may we be sure that we are ful
filling our part in God's great plan ?
In the olden days, men were sometimes
guided to their missions by special
revelation. . In the absence of such
supernatural direction, how may we
know for what God made us ?
It Is very clear, for one thing, that
we must put ourselves under God's
specific guidance. We must be willing
to lose our will In his, all our person
al ambitions must be merged in the
one desire to do what God wants us to
do. The very first thing, therefore, is
to lay all our plans at God's feet ; to
be taken up and followed out or not,
just as God may direct. Mrs. Pren
tiss says : "I used to chafe and fret
when interrupted In favorite pursuits,
but I have learned that my time all
belongs to God, and I Just leave It In
his hands. It is very sweet to use it
for him when he has anything for me
to do, and pleasant to use it for my
self when he has not." If we feel that
God Is truly giving us our work, we
shall always be ready to forego our
own schemes, in order to take up what
God allots. This Is where the hardest
battle has to be fought; for we are so
loath to give up our personal ambi
tions. When we have gotten thus far
along, what remains Is not so hard.
One who Is really ready to do God's
will, and be just what God wants him
to be, will surely be led in some way
into his true place.
As for the direction itself, God gives
It In many ways. The Bible Is the ba
sis of all right living. There we learn
the Divine will and our duty. No one
can ever find his allotted place in
God's plan, who does not follow the
divine commandments. There is no
use asking about our 'mission, unless
we are walking In the straight paths
of the Holy Scriptures.
For specific guidance at points along
the way, the voice of God in our own
soul must be listened for continually,
and promptly, affectionately, heeded.
Providence must also be watched. God
opens doors and closes doors. He
brings us face to face with duties. He
leads us up to opportunities. If we aro
ready to be guided, and have a clear
eye for the handwriting of provitenee
we shall not fall to be directed in the
path on which God wants us to walk.
People sometimes chafe because in
their circumstances they cannot do
any great things; as if nothing could
be really a divine mission, unless it
is something conspicuous. A mother,
occupied with her children, laments
that she has no time nor leisure for
any mission that God may have mark
ed out for her. Does she not know,
that curing well for her children may
be the grandest thfcg that could be
found for her in all the range of pos
sible duties ? Certainly for her, for
the time at least, there Is nothing else
in all the world so great. Organizing
missionary meetings, speaking at con
ventions, attending Dorcas societies,
writing books, painting pictures, j
these are all fine things when they are
the things God gives, but if the moth
er neglects her children to run after
these, she has simply put out of her
hand the largest things to take up
those that are exceedingly small. In
other words, that which the Master
gives any one to do is always the
grandest work he can find. The doing
of God's will for any moment is ever
the subllmest thing possible for that
moment.
Another thing to be remembered in
asking after one's mission, is that God
does not usually map it all out at the
beginning for any one. When the
newly converted Saul accepted Christ
as his life's Master, and asked what
he should do, he got for answer only
that moment's duty. He was to arise
and go into the city, there he would
learn what to do next. That is the
way the Lord generally shows men
what their mission is just one step at
a time, just one day's or one hour's
work now, and then another and an
other as they go on. A young man, at
school, grows anxious about what he
shall be when he is through his course
what profession he shall choose, and
worries because he can get no light;
and wonders why God does not make
his duty plain to him. But what has
the young man to do now with his pro
fession or life-calling, when It must be
years yet before he can enter upon it ?
His present duty is to attend diligent
ly and faithfully to his studies, to
make the best possible use of his time
and opportunities. One step at a time
Is the way God leads. One day's duty
well done fits for the next.
It was but a dav or two since that a
young school-girl was manifesting
perplexity over the problem of her life
duty. Ought she go to a foreign mis
sion field, or devote herself to work
at home ? A simple question brought
the answer, that it would take her at
least five years to complete the course
of education on which she has entered,
Very clearly she has nothing to do,
as yet, with that which was perplexing
her. Her present duty Is to lay broad
and strong foundations for a thorough
education. What her ultimate mission
In this world may be, God will bIiow
her in due time ; about her mission
just now, there need not be a moment's
perplexity.
The way therefore to find out what
Ood's plan Is for our Ufa is to surren
der ourselves to him In simple conse
cration ; and then take up hour by
hour the plain duties he brings to our
hand. No matter about our mission,
as a whole : our only concern ts with
the moment we are now living, and the
thing God wants us now to do. If
eaeli hour's work is faithfully done,
we will have at the last a life-work
faithfully done. If we neglect the du
ties of the commonplace days while
waiting for our "mission," we shall
simply throw our lives away, and ut
terly fail to fulfill the purpose of our
creation.
10-day Excursions to the Sun
Shore via Cumberland Valley
Railroad.
Tho Cumberland Valley Rail
road has fixed upon Thursdays
June 2Gth, July 10th and 24th,
August 7th, 21st and Sept. 11 for
thoir Annual Mid-Sum mer excur
sions to the Sea Shore, the time
allowed on these excursions be
ing sixteen days.
Excursion tickets to Atlantic
City, Cape May and other South
Jersey resorts will be sold from
all stations on the Cumberland
Valley Railroad ou above dates
for train No. 4 leaving Mercers
burg 8:00 a. m. at $3.00 for the
round trip, and will bo good to re
turn on any regular train (except
the New York and Chicago Limi
ted and the Pennsylvania Special)
within sixteen days, including
date of issue. For full informa
tion call on Local Ticket Agents.
FARMERS, ATTENTION!
The season is here when
you are thinking about farm
machinery, and I vwant to
tell you that I am better
than ever prepared to offer
you inducements. Remem
ber I am headquarters for
Buggies, Binders,
Mowers, Hay Rakes, Hay
Tedders, Corn Plows, Culti
vators, Spring-tooth Har
rows in fact, all kiuds of
Farming Implements.
Repairs
for all kinds of machinery.
Pumps, Pipe and Fittings,
Fencing Wire, Washing Ma
chines, all kinds of Hard
ware, Dr. Hess's Stock Food
every packageguaran teed.
Chop, Graham Flour, and Cornmeal
always on hand, together
with a full line of Groceries,
Confectionery.Tobaccos and
Cigars.
W. H. NESBIT,
(Opposite Fulton House)
McCounellsburg, Pa.
NEW GOODS
G E M!
Our many customers will bo in
terested in knowing that we have
just received a largo stock of new
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Shoes,
Crockery,
Glassware,
Whips, &c.
Ginghams, from 5c up; Cali
coes, 5 to 7c ; Lawns 3 to 12c.
Fancy White Goods, Notions,
Tobaccos, Cigars, Hardware, and
everything usually found in a
country store, and at prices that
are right.
G. J. MELLOTT.
THE LITTLE WORD PLEASE.
The omission of "ploaso" when
asking to have anything passed,
or "thank you," on receiving it
seems painfully boorish to refined
persons, yet there are young girls
who sit at the table, and command
their neighbors to "pass the
bread," announce that they "want
the pickles." "No, I don't want
any of that." Such manners are
positively revolting to one who
witnesses them for the first time
yet these girls wish to be consid
ered ladies."
All these tilings saem very
simple and elementary, but chil
dren do not acquire graceful man
ners unless they are instructed
in them, and, alas, many Ameri
can girls never acquire thom.
However, one can always improvo
if there is a genuine wish to do
so. Of course these few hiuts by
no means cover the subject, but
only touch ou a few of the little
provoking awkwardness most of
ten noticed. Surely it is quite as
easy to bo polite and genteel as it
is to bo boorish, and it moans tho
respect and admiration of one's
associates or tho opposite. We
only havo to choose.
Rouss Racket Store.
We wish to call your attention to a few prices for July.
First, we want to call your attention to Glass Jars. We havo been
asked by some of our merchants. "What aro you going to sell Jars
at?" When we told them, they said, "You aro crazy ; that is too
low." Nevertheless, wo aro going to sell Pint Jars at 40 quarts, at
40 and half gal., at 55c. A DOZEN ; and the White Jar Rings, at
4c. a doz. Jar Caps and Rings, 20c. a doz.
Paris Green 5c. I Table Oil Cloth, 14c. a yd.
Window Screeus, .... 12 and 10c. ! White and colored Table Damesk,
Tin Buckets, 12 to 222.
Preserving Kettles, . . . .20 to 38c,
Stew Pans, 2 to 4 qt., ... 17 to 25c.
Rock Powder, 8c. a Hi.
Cotton and Tar fuse, ... .2c. a yd.
Glass Tumblers 23c. a doz.
Screendoor hinges, . .Sand 10c pr.
Knobs and Hooks, lc. each.
Hatchets 35, 38, and 45c.
Wo havo added to our stock, Shining Light Axle Grease. We
can't say too much for this grease. It is guaranteed. If it isn't all
we claim for it, return it and get your money back. 3 Boxes for
25c. Try it. Diamond Axle Grease 5c. a Box.
If you are in need of a good manure fork, we havo just what you
want. We will sell you a Herkimer 4 tino manure fork at Silc;
others at 38 and 40c ; also the Bachelor--strapped and ring fork,
only 45c.
All steel, long handle, dirt shovel 55c.
Why pay 15c Hi for Capitol City horso shoe nails, when you can
buy three from us at 11c. lb.
It is impossible for us to quote prices on all the line. We will sell
all other goods just as low.
HULL Sc BENDER.
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PHILIP F. BLACK,
v Manufacturer of O
Sash, Doors, Newel Posts, Hand
Rails, Stairs, Banisters, Turned
X Porch Columns, Po sts, &c.
g McConnellsburg, Fa.
0 Doors 2 : 8 x 6 : 8; 2-: 6 x 6 : 6; 1 and three-eighth
inches in tnickness.
Sash tlx 20; 12x24; 12x28; 12x30; 12x32;
12 x 34; 12 x 36 inch and a quarter thick always
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.ash four lights to window--! rom 45 cents to 70.
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Novelty Upright Double
j Reflex Washer
1 Horseshoe Brand Wringers.
These goods
pvj stand before
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guarantee to give entire
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fy A. J. SCHETROMPF,
m buck Valley, Pa.
H General Distributing Agt.
Tho World Moves
and so does the machinery in the
Willow Grove Woollen Mills
AT BUUNT CAH1NS, Pa.
The proprietor has had over 50 years experience, and is
confident that he can please all who may entrust him with
their work.
Manufacture of Carpet and Wool Carding a speciality.
Wool Batting for Haps none better.
Carpet Chain always in stock.
I will take in wool and work at the followiug places :
Booth Brothers, Dublin Mills; A. N. Witter 's, Waterfall; W.
L. Berkstresser, Orchard Grove; W. li. Speer, Saluvia;
Lynch 's store at Crystal Springs; Jackson's store at Akers
villo, P. J. Barton's, Hustontowu, and Huston's store at
Clear llidgo.
I will make monthly visits to these places during the
season, and will receive work and return it.
Thankful for past favors, and soliciting a continuance
of tho samo, I am, respectfully,
IT. U. I1EKTZLER,
Burnt Cabins, Pa.
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20 to 25c. a yd.
Colanders 10c.
Coffee pots tin and granite,
j 8 to 30c.
jTiu Cups 2c. each.
Watering CaDs, 17 to 45c.
10 and 12 in., Yellow Horse Pads,
25 and 3.!c
Screen Wire, 8 and 12c. yd.
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In order to make
ight as possible,
Announcement
Working Shoes
JJ for 75c sold at $1.00 to $1.25.
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Ladies'
Oxfords
dc 3i.uu ana
All of our
Lawns Reduced
from 12i to 10; 10 to 8; 9 to 7; 8 to 6, and 6 to 4c.
A first class, gray
11 Double-Knee
Overall
regular price 7ac
An extra good
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A GOOD
Dress Shirt
have sold for much
We are closing out
GLASS
Fruit Jars
a dozen.
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yds.
Good Thread
3
Spring Hinges 5c
A lot of
Men's Braid
Straw Hats
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Vours,
To Save tho Dollars,
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